ep EPT20-ET2 - Safety and Warning; Hazard of Faulty or Discarded Battery

REV. 09/2022
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REV. 09/2022
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7 Safety and warning
•Abide by the operation manual!
•All the operations related to the storage battery must be implemented under the
instruction of professionals!
Always wear protective clothing (e.g. safety goggles and safety
gloves) when working on cells and batteries.
•No smoke and re!
•Avoid the existence of open re, ery metal wire or sparks around the storage
battery, otherwise explosion or re disaster may occur!
•Don’t trample on the battery to prevent it from erce shaking or shacking!
•Explosion or re disaster is likely to occur; avoid short circuit!
•Keep the battery away from all fire sources, heat sources and flammable or
explosive materials.
•Don’t knock over the storage battery!
•Using lifting and delivery devices as specied. Prevent the storage battery cell,
interface and connection cable from being damaged by the lifting hook!
•If the materials leak out, do not inhale the fumes. Wear safety
gloves.
•Dangerous voltage!
•Avoid hot plugging!
•Notice: the metal part of the storage battery cell is electried, so don’t place any
external object or tool on the battery cell!
Do not place the battery on top of conductive objects.
Please monitor the battery status when in use and in storage. If you find any broken batteries,
electrolyte leakage, abnormal expansion or pungent odors due to shipping damage or abnormal
vibration, please stop use immediately and keep at least a 5 meter perimeter around the e󰀨ected
batteries. Please dispose of the damaged batteries properly and contact a recycling company to
recycle the batteries. For batteries that are under EP warranty policy, EP will access the warranty
claim according to your submission of the battery nameplate photo .
During the period waiting for disposal or recycle, please stock damaged and old batteries carefully
by following instructions:
1.Damaged and discarded battery temporary storage needs to be placed in an iron or plastic
container with water that can cover whole battery at least 5 days (The battery may emit smoke
when immersed in water. This is the process of consuming energy by the leaking battery, which is
a normal reaction).
• Keep the container and batteries outdoors and 5 meters away from other things, especially
ammable items.
• Use protective gloves when putting batteries in or out of water.
• Do not stack damaged or old batteries.
2.For big battery with inner and outer boxes structure, Keep the batteries outdoors at least 5 days
.
and contact a recycling company to recycle the batteries.
8 Hazard of faulty or discarded battery
1. Do not store the battery for a long time;
2. No load bearing, squeezing and contact stacking when storing the batteries;
3. Do not place the batteries near cargo warehouses or near ammable and explosive
dangerous goods.
WARNING
NOTE
"Overpack" is the name for the outer packaging of the dangerous goods.
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